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Provisional until it appears on DTG Website, but thought users might like heads up.
New HDR T2 software version 1.03.12
OTA 02:00am Thu 27 Feb – 09:00am Fri 28 Feb
Release note as follows:
• Portal upgrade
• iPlayer Version 3 (supports subtitles)
• Supports BBC News & Sports Apps (to be released March 2014)
• Resolved recordings failures (using Padding) when in standby for over 8 days
• Resolved BBC Three and Four HD recording issues
• Improved WiFi connection issues causing reboot
• Improved errors during EPG FIND results
A few repeat broadcasts have been provisionally scheduled, but as these have changed 3 times in as many days will publish nearer the date(s)
Edit:
As the DTG has now been updated
Repeat is scheduled 02:00am Thu 06 Mar – 09:00am Fri 07 MarThere are a further 4 repeats provisionally scheduled for March.
Barry there are reports that the 1.03.xx firmware will format drives bigger than 1TB; do you know if this is correct? Are there any plans to provide a similar version for the HD-FOX T2?
Not tried a larger HDD myself and it has not been mentioned in any release notes I have been made aware of. Will ask Humax Towers In next telcon.
No news on HD T2 version, but have mentioned it to them.
Will it be made available as a PC download, so that we can install via USB memory stick.
HarveyB – 8 minutes ago »
Will it be made available as a PC download, so that we can install via USB memory stick.
Not initially.
Cheers Barry
I hope there are plans to do the update as well for the HD boxes since owners now have the issue of the iPlayer radio not working.
One for Barry, the newer boxes for Youview, do they run on the same browser as 1.03.xx so we might one day see ITV player, 4 on Demand and Five ported. Pushing my luck here.
@Tell, I can tell you that: No. YouView is completley different OS. IIRC The apps on YouView are made with Adobe Air.
It is up to the broadcasters to port their own On-Demand (OD) players, unless they specifically ask Humax.
As you know, there are rumours around YouView investments coming to an end in April, so hopefully the other broadcasters will finally invest some cash in building OD players that are compatible with the Humax HD & HDR, but this will probably take at least 6 months..
I think they will want to go the mheg-ic route like the BBC have started to do to both future proof themselves and also have the opportunity of presenting a red button on their channel. No one likes being limited to a portal page that they can’t link to.
In other words, i don’t think its gonna happen for our boxes..
Pardon my ignorance, but why would MHEG-IC be a no-no for Fox T2 boxes?
I don’t currently have a Fox T2 but it’s on my shortlist.
For those interested:
Item 4 in the release note is the one I have been teasing about.
The EPG is now updated during the early morning OTA check.
Easy to test once you have version 1.03.06 or later, pull the aerial before first boot in morning, you should find you have full 8 Days of EPG data.
JamesB – 1 hour ago »
Pardon my ignorance, but why would MHEG-IC be a no-no for Fox T2 boxes?
I don’t currently have a Fox T2 but it’s on my shortlist.
I’ve caught up now, so no longer need a reply to this question.
Barry – 1 hour ago »
For those interested:
Item 4 in the release note is the one I have been teasing about.
The EPG is now updated during the early morning OTA check.
Easy to test once you have version 1.03.06 or later, pull the aerial before first boot in morning, you should find you have full 8 Days of EPG data.
I think I win the prize on what people hadn’t spotted on 1.03.06 and posted it up on the Hummy site seeing the list of what’s in the upgrade. Been confirmed here.
The problem was we have found ways around it and if you are using the remote custom scheduler you need to boot up a couple of times a day. I do so you can get the commands in. Overnight and before evening viewing. So us custom users woulnd’t have seen it.
chrisdaniels – 2 hours ago »
@Tell, I can tell you that: No. YouView is completley different OS. IIRC The apps on YouView are made with Adobe Air.
It is up to the broadcasters to port their own On-Demand (OD) players, unless they specifically ask Humax.
As you know, there are rumours around YouView investments coming to an end in April, so hopefully the other broadcasters will finally invest some cash in building OD players that are compatible with the Humax HD & HDR, but this will probably take at least 6 months..
I think they will want to go the mheg-ic route like the BBC have started to do to both future proof themselves and also have the opportunity of presenting a red button on their channel. No one likes being limited to a portal page that they can’t link to.
In other words, i don’t think its gonna happen for our boxes..
I like to set tasks for hobbyist developers. It’s irritating that there aren’t the other portals.
If you believe the Media Guardian then the BBC will cut back it’s investment in YouView since they have used license fee payers money to develop a commercial service. At the time of the initial investment that wouldn’t have been clear but in-hindsight “our money” has been incorrectly used to aid the expansion of pay TV via BT and TalkTalk so the redirection to open platforms.
Can you explain the last paragraph since you did an about turn.
Humax can’t or won’t add in mheg-ic software support to our boxes, and they are also now discontinued and replaced by a box that does support it as standard. The HDR & HD T2 boxes are not bound to the freeview rules that state they MUST support it because they were launched before the spec was finalized.
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